Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-07-02

house and chloroformed and robbed twenty
inmates Of several hundred dollars.
At Tondale, Ala, on the 22nd, s
Methodist Minister killed a man who insult
ed his wife.
IN THE EAST.
Wall Street was suffused with excite
ment on Friday and stocks were shaded
down in ratio that made the bears tremble
For an hour or two the situation was in the
nature Of panic, and the air was full Of
sensations, among them that Jay Gould wa.
dead, that Cyrus Field, Sage and Others
were in rev, but, all these men appeared
on the scene as buyers and the sulphur
which had impregnated the atmosphere, ir
q great measure disappeared, though the
day closed with various stocks more or less
deprecated, but none ruinously. AS be
was going home Jay Gould was caught by
reporter to whom he said that in his
opinion the worst had unquestionably
passed, that he could not state the exac,
cause Of the disturbance, ssthe market was
raided, for one thing, and a scare wal
created. They had Mr.. Field broke and
mended, but they found out that MIR. Field
was not broke, and that I was not dead. y
Mr.. Gould said the street stood the shock
admirably, and he regarded the business
condition of the country good and par
ticularly in the west.
DR.. 3. Il: Duggan, one of the
wealthiest and best known physicians OF
Williamsburg IN Twas d deliberately shot and
killed by George Weidler while leaving 8
patients house. The murderer sauntered
up to the house while the doctor was in
side: When DR.. Duggan came out Weidlel
walked up to him and The two men con
yersed in low tones for moment. Weidlel
then drew a revolver, and, taking deliberate
aim at the DOCTORS head, fred The doctor
started to run, but Weidler fired two more
shots and he fell dead in the street. Weidlel
quietly submitted to arrest. The murderer
would only say it was a family matter, and
this has given rise to mention of the prison
er's sister in connection with the affair.
Thos. S. Miller, methodist loca
preacher and physician, aged 70 years, i,
forming criminal operation upon Mrs
Sarah Ellen Robinson, whose ante mortem
statement implicated him. The prisoner
has figured in several similar cases before
but has always escaped conviction, He
gained considerable notoriety about siS
years ago as dean of the bogus medical col
lege run by DR.. Buchanan, but did not share
the conviction. and imprisonment of the
principal of the concern.
In their weekly trade review Dun
& Co., Of New York say: General reports
of business at nearly all points are highly
encouraging and the increasing prospect OF
good crops adds to the prevailing con
hdence. Collections are generally fair tc
good and the volume of business good fol-
the season. The business failures during
<1No1 or+ i
States, III; for Canada, 26; total 1877; az
compared with 2l3 last week and 1862 in the
corresponding week of last year.
There is thought to be fair proba.
bility that Jake Sharp, on trial at New ORR
for the Broadway surface r. r., bribery
may not survive the trial. He has been pu1
in Ludlow street jail and his wife and
daughter allowed to remain with him. He
was very i'll Sunday and passed a bad night
He was restless, moaning almost constantly
prisoner has not eaten much of anything fol
several days.
Guilty, as charged in the indict
ment," said the jury in the Jake Sharpe
case at New York on the 29th, which wa
the thirty fourth day of the celebrated tria
OF the chief Of the Broadway surface R. R.
bribers. Owing to Sharpe's physical stats
he did not testify, but there is no probabil
ity that fact was to his prejudice. The jury
reached q verdict thirteen minutes after re
firing. Sharpe will be sentenced July 13
should he live SO long, and will probably b,
fined only.
Jake Sharp, the conspicuous defend
ant in the Broadway bribery trial at New
York, was pronounced dying on the 2Sth
His physicians said he would not live tel
days il so long. He was called to take tn,
witness stand when it was found that b,
was mental wreck as well as physical
The trial was interrupted by this episode.
At the Sunday afternoon services il
the Cyncordia church, at Rockport, N. y. {
temporary flooring gave way precipitatine
large number of people to the cellar
About 70 persons were injured, some Of then
seriously. Chas. Scrader was injured anC
will probably die. The cause is ascribed tx
At the Vulcan mine, Norway, Mich.
four men were Instantly killed on the 2Stb
They were coming out Of the mine in cage
Some men above allowed the tram car tt
get away and go down the shaft and strike
the cage. One of the men killed was single
aged eighteen. The others leave widow.
and large families.
Charles Williams, of Erie, Pa, blew
out his brains on his wife's grave, Thursday
night. He was to have been married again
Saturday, and the wedding party had al
ready assembled before the suicide had be
come known.
Thirteen rioters are now under
arrest in Rochester, N. z, and others vii
be jailed They are ali Mecklen burgers
Bohemians and Italians. The strike is con
lined wholly to laborers of these national
tiles.
The three large cotton mills al
Meanwhile, r. l., have shut down indefinite
~ on account of the weaver,s strike and
the mill officials have notified all former
employees to quit the company's tenements
Three six story buildings, occupied
by cigar and shoe manufacturers took fire al
2:15 a. NJ, on the 23rd, aad were destroyed
The loss was about a quarter of million
dollars
Freeman Clarke, ex-comptroller Of
the currency, and member of congress fol
several terms, died at Rochester, N. Y.
on the 18th, aged 70.
On the 2Sth, an explosion in Latin
.Rand's powder mill, at Wayne, N. j. killed
three men and did damage to the extent Of
$4,000.
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
Secretary Fairchild said Friday after
noon that he had arranged with Assistant
Treasurer Canada at New York to keep hin
informed of the condition of affairs in Wal
street, especially il anything serious shoulG
occur, but that, SO far, he had heard moth